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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:48:12 AM EDT
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SATA is the way the industry is going. If you are building from scratch go ahead and get SATA. But I doubt you will see much of a performance increase with it either. For the most part the drives are far slower than the interface.
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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:54:31 AM EDT
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If you're asking the question, the performance difference won't effect you
 You've got to be really pushing a system for IDE vs SATA to make any difference. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:55:07 AM EDT
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SATA and IDE drives that are otherwise identical, one using SATA and one using IDE will perform in a similar fashion. For me, I go with SATA for everything I can because the cables are smaller and this means better airflow in my case. Also SATA is the next standard, so its nice to be compliant.
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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:55:23 AM EDT
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Thanks. I already have the IDE drives, got 2 200 gig drives for $80. For $65 each, I could get a WD 250gig SATA3.0 with a 16 meg cache? Worth shelving my new drives in favor of these?
S.O. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:56:46 AM EDT
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Could always use both...
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Posted: 8/22/2006 10:59:30 AM EDT
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But I can use round IDE cables so that is one in favor of keeping my current drives. I am building a mild system now because I am waiting to see where AMD is going with the AM2 socket, not sure if it is just an interim socket till the their conroe beater comes on line or if their next gen CPU will use it. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:00:58 AM EDT
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If you are buying a new hard drive anyways, go SATA...don't worry about upgrading already IDE drives.
SATA cables are much nicer routing and dont clutter up the inside of the case, and newer motherboards are trending away from even providing an IDE connector in the first place. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:05:22 AM EDT
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RAID0 SATA.. for a system drive, IDE Dynamic RADI0 for data drive...
Especially if you're tossing around large video files.. It's not for everybody though.. a couple of people have said that it's a bad idea because you lose all your data if you lose one drive..  .. so.. let's just say it's not for everybody.. 
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:06:31 AM EDT
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I already have the IDEs, NIB. Was just wondering if I should shelve them for another project if there would be a large enoughdemand on them that would slow overall performance down. S.O. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:08:50 AM EDT
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Go SCSI or go home.
Seriously, keep what you have buy SATA when you get new drives down the road. Bob |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:10:47 AM EDT
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Use your IDE drives if you already have them. There will not be a performance bottleneck. Especially so if you are not planning on employing a RAID configuration.
As for the RAID 0 suggestion, the only way you should ever run RAID0 is if you backup your stuff to tape and don't mind doing restores. x156 Been down the RAID0 path, now I'm RAID1. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 11:12:26 AM EDT
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Ah, a fellow enthusiast. Yeah SCSI is great. Except for the red hot drives and the constant noise. Oh, let's not forget the expense. If I only had the money for a nice RAID5 external setup with SCSI disks... x156 |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:09:31 PM EDT
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You forgot the MTBF that is 10x ATA and SATA.  Bob |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:25:17 PM EDT
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I'm running Sata and a Sata raid. (3 hard drives)
Stuff I need to store, I put on the Sata. Stuff like games and apps go on the raid. The performance upgrade to the RAID drive is excellent. Everquest, WOW, planetside, DAOC and a bunch of single player games all run great. I "zone" twice as fast. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:27:59 PM EDT
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con: most motherboards I've seen only have 2 sata ports, so only 2 drives can be installed
pro: cable is smaller/thinner most normal day to day use won't show a difference performance wise |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:32:04 PM EDT
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SATA. Hard Drives are cheaper now than they've ever been.
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:32:31 PM EDT
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My new Nforce4 from MSI has 1 IDE and **6** SATAs |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 3:36:04 PM EDT
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Also, SATA controller cards are pretty cheap, $30-$50 I think for a decent one. That can add more SATA ports if you've got an extra pci slot. |
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Posted: 8/22/2006 4:18:31 PM EDT
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The spindle speed of IDE drives isn't enough to overrun ATA, so SATA doesn't bump performance. Remember, if you want to use older operating systems, they may not recognize SATA without extra work and pain.
If you're really interested in performance, buy 15000rpm SCSI Ultra-Fast-Wide 320 drives, like the Seagate Cheetah drives matched with the appropriate Adaptec SCSI card (raid if you'd like to stripe them for even more performance). Just make sure to strap a cooling fan to them and they'll have a 5 year warranty. nowerehaulinass!!!!!!!!!! http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/enterprise/family/1,1086,785,00.html |
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